Inorganic compounds are usually held together by what kind of bond?

Answer 1

It is the same type of chemical bond that is found in organic compounds: the covalent bond. Also known as 'the sharing of a pair of electrons', it forms usually single, & sometimes double bonds, and rarely triple bonds {- as in the case of a "pair of combining trivalent Nitogen atoms" - i.e. N triple-bond-N - this represents 'the sharing of three pairs of electrons' by two Atoms!}

Answer 2

I would say generally that ionic bonds hold inorganic compounds together because the definition of an organic compound is a carbon based compound, with few exceptions ( CO2, for one ).

NaCl

-----------inorganic and ionic

C6H12O6

---------------organic and covalently bonded

Na2CO3

----------------an ionically bonded inorganic compound, but the CO3 2-, carbonate, is polyatomic, covalently bonded internally and inorganic

Answer 3

Inorganic compounds are typically held together by ionic bonds. Ionic bonds are formed when electrons are transferred from one atom to another, resulting in the attraction between positively and negatively charged ions.

Answer 4

Ionic bonds do hold many inorganic compounds together (there are many covalently bonded inorganic compounds also)

Answer 5

ionic bonds or covalent bonds depending on the difference in the electronegativities between the two atoms forming bond.

Answer 6

ionic bond

covalent bond

coordinate bond

hydrogen bond

van der Waals forces of attraction

Answer 7

COVALENT BOND

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